19 Mar
2007
19 Mar
'07
6:42 a.m.
2007/3/19, Ken Restivo <ken(a)restivo.org>rg>:
OK, <exasperated sigh>, I have to ask this:
Are there any laptops out there WHICH DO NOT SUCK??!
Yes, I have an ASUS A6000 which is rather great!
WLAN is supported, the Firewire works. Only I can't record to disk
when using usb-soundcards (recording to tmpfs works...) but thats the
past now as I have my fw-device :-P
And the 64bit aren't a problem. Despite what some PD-freaks tell you.
What you need for music (as in music, not as in
electronic-experimental-synth-stuff) and recording is working very
well.
Even the basic pd works as far as I am using it...
BTW, in the Linux and BSD wireless world a few years
ago there was a general consensus that ThinkPads were amazing/fantastic/perfect machines.
They were considered the most "road-worthy" and I saw BAWUG guys walking around
carrying their open ThinkPads around by the LCD, casually throwing them around like a
roadie throws around an SM58, with no ill effects.
My Asus looked that wretched after the first week of usage. I carry it
around in my normal backpack without any further protection for half
and a year now and it still works like on first day. Even the battery
still lasts 2-2.5 hours like on first day (and like the manufactured
announced once you subtracted the 0.5 to 1 hours marketing).
Arnold
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